Driving an F1 car. One word, GRIP!!

[TheJimi]

Absolutely tremendous and you did well by the looks of it too, I can imagine it being pretty easy to find yourself missing apexes and fluffing braking points in one of those, yet you did a nice job

The available grip and braking ability must be mind bending.

[Oilchange]

caymanbill said:

You looked like you where well in control out there. Why was Richard Hammond so st then? He made it look impossible, you made it look easy.

Possibly had a lot to do with track and tyres temps and keeping heat in them

[J4CKO]

I would just point out that a given car may be a bit of a handful, twitchy or whatever and to be careful as it has no driver aids or whatever, moral obligation carried out.

I was selling our 1967 Fiat 500, and it was fair to say it was not the best one ever, nevertheless, loads of calls and emails, more than for any car i have ever sold, one chap rang me, an older gent, maybe seventy odd and said he was considering buying it for his granddaughters first car as she had her test soon, now I wouldnt refuse to sell him it but I strongly advised that it was not a good idea, zero crash worthiness, tiny, slow, weak, no airbags, no ABS and about as far from an ideal first car nowadays as could be, ok, easy to park and maneuver but liable to strand its owner and if they were crashed into, a crash that in a modern Punto or whatever would be a shock, could potentially be life changing injuries.

[RobM77]

Oilchange said:

caymanbill said:

You looked like you where well in control out there. Why was Richard Hammond so st then? He made it look impossible, you made it look easy.

Possibly had a lot to do with track and tyres temps and keeping heat in them

...and probably the spec of the components used on the car and the way it's set up. I suspect that an F1 car regularly used for customer experiences by a business that thrive on good reputation would be quite different to drive than an F1 car run in a competitive trim by an F1 team (which if I remember rightly was what Richard drove on Top Gear). There are a number of things you can change on a racing car to make it easier to drive at lower speeds with lower temperatures and with a more cautious driver.

[PorkInsider]

J4CKO said:

I would just point out that a given car may be a bit of a handful, twitchy or whatever and to be careful as it has no driver aids or whatever, moral obligation carried out.

I was selling our 1967 Fiat 500, and it was fair to say it was not the best one ever, nevertheless, loads of calls and emails, more than for any car i have ever sold, one chap rang me, an older gent, maybe seventy odd and said he was considering buying it for his granddaughters first car as she had her test soon, now I wouldnt refuse to sell him it but I strongly advised that it was not a good idea, zero crash worthiness, tiny, slow, weak, no airbags, no ABS and about as far from an ideal first car nowadays as could be, ok, easy to park and maneuver but liable to strand its owner and if they were crashed into, a crash that in a modern Punto or whatever would be a shock, could potentially be life changing injuries.

So are you saying you think an F1 car would be a better proposition for his granddaughter's first car?

I agree it would be safer in an accident but it might be more than a bit of a handful for her!

[magooagain]

Thankyou OP for sharing your wonderfull experience.

Money well spent in my opinion.


Edited just to add that I have watched the main vid in more detail now. Bloody well done OP!

A bargain in my opinion.

How old are you please OP?

Edited by magooagain on Tuesday 11th July 15:17

[TheJimi]

PorkInsider said:

J4CKO said:

I would just point out that a given car may be a bit of a handful, twitchy or whatever and to be careful as it has no driver aids or whatever, moral obligation carried out.

I was selling our 1967 Fiat 500, and it was fair to say it was not the best one ever, nevertheless, loads of calls and emails, more than for any car i have ever sold, one chap rang me, an older gent, maybe seventy odd and said he was considering buying it for his granddaughters first car as she had her test soon, now I wouldnt refuse to sell him it but I strongly advised that it was not a good idea, zero crash worthiness, tiny, slow, weak, no airbags, no ABS and about as far from an ideal first car nowadays as could be, ok, easy to park and maneuver but liable to strand its owner and if they were crashed into, a crash that in a modern Punto or whatever would be a shock, could potentially be life changing injuries.

So are you saying you think an F1 car would be a better proposition for his granddaughter's first car?

I agree it would be safer in an accident but it might be more than a bit of a handful for her!

Eh?

I've read, and thanks to your post, re-read J4CKO's post and I can't see the bit where he even comes close to mentioning that he thinks an F1 car would be a better proposition for the girl's 1st car.

How the feck did you read that post and come up with that?

[Japveesix]

That looks awesome. It must have been a serious thrill having that speed, an empty track, that noise behind your head and actually getting to feel like a proper racecar driver.

It's surprisingly exciting just watching it purely because I know it's not Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel so I can only imagine how amazing it must have felt to be doing good the driving.

15k though! Good Lord!

[CABC]

TheJimi said:

PorkInsider said:

J4CKO said:

I would just point out that a given car may be a bit of a handful, twitchy or whatever and to be careful as it has no driver aids or whatever, moral obligation carried out.

I was selling our 1967 Fiat 500, and it was fair to say it was not the best one ever, nevertheless, loads of calls and emails, more than for any car i have ever sold, one chap rang me, an older gent, maybe seventy odd and said he was considering buying it for his granddaughters first car as she had her test soon, now I wouldnt refuse to sell him it but I strongly advised that it was not a good idea, zero crash worthiness, tiny, slow, weak, no airbags, no ABS and about as far from an ideal first car nowadays as could be, ok, easy to park and maneuver but liable to strand its owner and if they were crashed into, a crash that in a modern Punto or whatever would be a shock, could potentially be life changing injuries.

So are you saying you think an F1 car would be a better proposition for his granddaughter's first car?

I agree it would be safer in an accident but it might be more than a bit of a handful for her!

Eh?

I've read, and thanks to your post, re-read J4CKO's post and I can't see the bit where he even comes close to mentioning that he thinks an F1 car would be a better proposition for the girl's 1st car.

How the feck did you read that post and come up with that?

i think jacko misposted, maybe he meant this to be in the "not selling to young driver moral" thread.